The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, June 12, 1948
Waxing Crescent
32.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 AM
1:06 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.4%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 315
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.3° / 73.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 18m / 15.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.71° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.72° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.44° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.